quaggy

[ kwag-ee, kwog-ee ]

adjective

, quag·gi·er, quag·gi·est.

1. of the nature of or resembling a quagmire; marshy; boggy.
2. soft or flabby:

   quaggy flesh.

quaggy

/ ˈkwɒɡɪ; ˈkwæɡɪ /

adjective

1. resembling a marsh or quagmire; boggy
2. yielding, soft, or flabby

Derived Forms

• ˈquagginess, noun

Other Words From

• quaggi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of quaggy¹

First recorded in 1600–10; quag + -y ¹

Example Sentences

In Scotland, they offered a way of avoiding a six-mile walk around a quaggy loch.

From The Guardian

They went by without a sound but the confused patter of weary feet upon the quaggy trail, and left an impressive silence behind them when they plunged into the gloom again.

From Project Gutenberg

The long train had run out of the forest in the night, and was now speeding over a vast white level which lay soft and quaggy in the sunshine, for the snow had lately gone.

From Project Gutenberg

Among other things, he noticed that a little trickle of water flowed across it, and that the soil was quaggy in the neighborhood.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew well the evil record of that quaggy ground, and of the gleaming, sheening flats—the ruthless oozy flats which tell no tales.

From Project Gutenberg